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These teachers won national award for their innovative ideas

Change in the eligibility criteria, a cap on the number of awardees and the award-winning initiatives of teachers, here is all you need to know about National Teachers' Award

| TNN | Sep 11, 2018, 14:04 IST

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NEW DELHI: Out of 6,692 applications received from teachers across the country, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has conferred 45 teachers with the National Teachers' Award. Last year the award was given to 300 teachers. The cap in the number of awardees, said the Ministry of HRD in a statement, has been introduced to maintain 'the prestige of the award'.

This was the first time since the awards were introduced that the teachers were able to apply directly, earlier the entries were sent by the state governments. The minimum eligibility requirement of 15 years of work experience was also waived off this year giving a chance to the young teachers as well. However, the condition that only regular teachers can apply is still in place.

All the awardees had worked in developing the quality of education in the government schools, more so, in the area of EdTech (education technology).
Education Times brings to you some of their unique contributions.

Backyard laboratory

Om Prakash Mishra, 48, brought tribal children back to schools in Odisha's Koraput district by introducing science practical studies in schools with no laboratories. He introduced techniques which enabled schools to carry out Science experiments with the help of locally available materials. His most appreciated work includes Experiemento - a handbook to help create school labs out of waste materials. Mishra has recently received the award by the Odisha State Government for his contribution to the field of Science education.

"When I joined as a teacher in government schools in Koraput, students were irregular and pratical subjects such as Science were taught theoretically. I started conducting practical classes with locally available materials which developed students' interest and increased enrolments. The school now is now one of the biggest in the district and imparts education till matriculate level (class X)," he adds.

Residential School for slow learners

From cleaning the school premises himself to managing the administrative work,
Khangembam Indrakumar Singh, headmaster in-charge, Kumbi Sandhong Primary School, Manipur, has been battling the shortage of staff and yet continued innovating practices to boost the result of his school. He was most lauded for a residential school for slow learners (which included students with learning disabilities and poor performers).

"There are many students who need support beyond the schools in our area but currently we are working with only 35 students. Staff scarcity is a recurrent problem," said Singh.

Learning English through Music

Manu Gulati became Delhi's youngest teacher to win the National Teacher's Award. She has worked to improve the English speaking skills in government schools through co-curricular activities including music, craft, dance and linguistic games. Manu is pursuing PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia.

No school to smart school

When
Sarvest Kumar joined the government school in Basti district in Uttar Pradesh, the school building was in a shambles with only 19 students. Today, the school has newly painted walls with texts all over it, smart classes and 235 students. Kumar introduced the latest technologies including projectors, LEDs, computers etc and created a smart class. He also sought crowd funding to improve the school's infrastructure. One of the biggest attractions of the school is the emphasis given to soft skills.

"I went to around 350 houses asking parents to enrol their children and also sought aid in building the school's infrastructure. With the award, my responsibility has doubled. I will not stop till I see students of my school at par with the best schools in the country," said Kumar.

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